why there were no iphones in mulholland drive

(thanks to Sam)

project mayhem

Fight Club is starting to look somewhat prophetic this week – a number of recent events are reminiscent of ‘Project Mayhem’, Tyler Durden’s plan to bring down the structures and sensibilities of conservative/capitalist America (apparently loosely based on the

bill murray is in it

It’s funny because it’s true.  More champagne comedy at if movie posters were honest (thanks again to Sam for the link).

festering piece of cinematic detritus

As part of my ongoing project to watch appalling, Z-grade movies, I have come across this: Troll 2, IMDB score 2.0 out of 10.  As IMDB reviewer  ‘Justin Michels’ helpfully tells us:

…”Troll 2″ is a

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flame/legal/political/technical discussion

To add to the previous post, there is an epic flame/legal/political/technical discussion of the iiNet case at Whirlpool: link.

There’s also a discussion at Slashdot: link (more from a “you crazy Australians and your crazy laws” perspective).

iiNet film piracy case

You might remember this from a few days ago – a federal minister reading directly from the film and music industry script about the evils of piracy.

Now, in what seems not to be a coincidence (perhaps a…

DVD piracy = child molesting

And so it begins: link. If you copy DVDs, you are directly supporting drug trafficking and the rape of small children. As if you didn’t know that, you raping, drug-dealing monster, you.

The USA has been subjected to…

germany: crazy cults are verboten

German officials have allegedly refused to grant the makers of a new film starring T. Cruise, Crazy Cult Member, access to historic military locations for the purposes of filming. The film is about a plot to assassinate Hitler, and the…

someone showed me a picture and i just laughed

It’s with a mixture of fear and incredulity that I discover that Cate Blanchett is to play none other than Bob Dylan in a film about his life and times. A suitably disturbing full-sized picture is can be seen

but the film is a saddening bore/for she’s lived it ten times or more

This feature on Rotten Tomatoes brings to mind a pet hate of mine. As they explain on the site,

we have combed through eight decades of Oscar winners to determine which Academy Award-winning film truly stands above the

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pan’s labyrinth

Del Toro is clearly not someone who believes that the worst aspects of violence are better implied and thereby left to his audience’s imagination.